Liquid crystal display having photo-sensing input mechanism

ABSTRACT

A liquid crystal display having photo-sensing input mechanism includes a first gate line for transmitting a first gate signal, a second gate line for transmitting a second gate signal, a data line for transmitting a data signal, a pixel unit for outputting an image signal according to the first gate signal and the data signal, a readout line for transmitting a readout signal, a photo-sensing input unit and a driving adjustment unit. The photo-sensing input unit is utilized for generating a sensing voltage according to a driving voltage and an incident light signal, and is further utilized for outputting the readout signal according to the sensing voltage and the first gate signal. The driving adjustment unit is employed to provide the driving voltage according to the second gate signal and the incident light signal.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This is a division of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/346,740, filed onJan. 10, 2012.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display, and moreparticularly, to a liquid crystal display having photo-sensing inputmechanism.

2. Description of the Prior Art

Along with the requirement of a friendly communication interface for auser to interact with an electronic device, an input-type display devicefor controlling operations of the electronic device, instead of using akeyboard or a mouse, has steadily become the mainstream, thereby makingapplication of input-type display devices increasingly widespread. Theinput mechanisms of the input-type display devices are primarilyclassified into the photo-sensing input mechanism and the touch-sensinginput mechanism. Since the display device with the touch-sensing inputmechanism is likely to be damaged by frequent touch action, the lifetimeof the display device with the photo-sensing input mechanism is normallygreater than that of the display device with the touch-sensing inputmechanism. In general, the photocurrent/bias-voltage characteristiccurve of a photo-sensing transistor used in the photo-sensing inputmechanism is changing following a change of incident light intensity.Under fixed bias voltage, the photocurrent increase as the incidentlight intensity increases, which is employed to perform an input sensingoperation. For instance, a first photocurrent generated in response to afirst incident light intensity can be used to indicate a first inputstate, and a second photocurrent generated in response to a secondincident light intensity lower than the first incident light intensitycan be used to indicate a second input state. The first photocurrent isgreater than a predetermined threshold and the second photocurrent isless than the predetermined threshold. However, the aforementionedphotocurrent/bias-voltage characteristic curve may be shifted due tolong-term bias/irradiation operation, and the photocurrent correspondingto the same bias voltage and the same incident light intensity isgrowing as the bias/irradiation operation proceeds. That is, afterlong-term bias/irradiation operation, the second photocurrent maybegreater than the predetermined threshold, which in turn causes inputstate misjudgment and results in malfunction of backend circuit.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In accordance with an embodiment, a liquid crystal display havingphoto-sensing input mechanism is provided. The liquid crystal displaycomprises a first gate line for transmitting a first gate signal, asecond gate line for transmitting a second gate signal, a data line fortransmitting a data signal, a pixel unit, a photo-sensing input unit, adriving adjustment unit, and a readout line. The pixel unit,electrically connected to the first gate line and the data line, isutilized for outputting an image signal according to the first gatesignal and the data signal. The photo-sensing input unit, electricallyconnected to the first gate line, is utilized for generating a sensingvoltage according to a driving voltage and an incident light signal, andfor outputting a readout signal according to the sensing voltage and thefirst gate signal. The driving adjustment unit, electrically connectedto the second gate line and the photo-sensing input unit, is utilizedfor providing the driving voltage according to the second gate signaland the incident light signal. The readout line, electrically connectedto the photo-sensing input unit, is employed to transmit the readoutsignal.

The present invention further provides a photo-sensing input devicecomprising a photo-sensing input unit and a driving adjustment unit. Thephoto-sensing input unit is put in use for generating a sensing voltageaccording to a driving voltage and an incident light signal, and foroutputting a readout signal according to the sensing voltage and a firstgate signal. The driving adjustment unit, electrically connected to thephoto-sensing input unit, is utilized for providing the driving voltageaccording to a second gate signal and the incident light signal.

These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt becomeobvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading thefollowing detailed description of the preferred embodiment that isillustrated in the various figures and drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a liquid crystal display havingphoto-sensing input mechanism in accordance with a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing related signal waveforms regardingthe operation of the liquid crystal display illustrated in FIG. 1,having time along the abscissa.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a liquid crystal display havingphoto-sensing input mechanism in accordance with a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing related signal waveforms regardingthe operation of the liquid crystal display illustrated in FIG. 3,having time along the abscissa.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a liquid crystal display havingphoto-sensing input mechanism in accordance with a third embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing related signal waveforms regardingthe operation of the liquid crystal display illustrated in FIG. 5,having time along the abscissa.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will bedescribed in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here,it is to be noted that the present invention is not limited thereto.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a liquid crystal display 100having photo-sensing input mechanism in accordance with a firstembodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the liquid crystal display 100 comprisesa plurality of gate lines 101, a plurality of data lines 102, aplurality of readout lines 103, a plurality of bias lines 104, aplurality of preliminary bias lines 105, a plurality of pixel units 190,and a plurality of photo-sensing input devices 110. Each gate line 101is employed to transmit one corresponding gate signal. Each data line102 is employed to transmit one corresponding data signal. Each pixelunit 190 is employed to output one corresponding image signal throughwriting one corresponding data signal under the control of onecorresponding gate signal. Each bias line 104 is employed to transmitone corresponding bias signal. Each preliminary bias line 105 isemployed to transmit one corresponding preliminary bias signal. Eachreadout line 103, electrically connected to plural photo-sensing inputdevices 110, is employed to transmit one corresponding readout signal.In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, each pixel unit 190 is adjacent toone photo-sensing input device 110. In another embodiment, thephoto-sensing input devices 110 may be separated by a plurality of gatelines 101 or a plurality of data lines 102, such that not every pixelunit 190 is adjacent to a photo-sensing input device 110.Correspondingly, the bias lines 104 and the preliminary bias lines 105may be separated by a plurality of gate lines 101, or the readout lines103 may be separated by a plurality of data lines 102.

Each photo-sensing input device 110 includes a photo-sensing input unit120 and a driving adjustment unit 130. The photo-sensing input unit 120is utilized for generating a sensing voltage according to a drivingvoltage and an incident light signal, and further for outputting areadout signal according to the sensing voltage and one gate signal. Thedriving adjustment unit 130 is utilized for providing the drivingvoltage according to another gate signal and the incident light signal.The photo-sensing input unit 120 comprises a first transistor 121, afirst capacitor 122, and a second transistor 124. The driving adjustmentunit 130 comprises a third transistor 131 and a second capacitor 132. Inthe following, photo-sensing input device DXn_m is employed toillustrate interconnections and circuit functions regarding thecomponents in the photo-sensing input devices 110.

The first transistor 121 comprises a first end electrically connected tothe bias line BLn+1 for receiving the bias signal VBn+1, a gate end forreceiving the driving voltage Vg, and a second end for outputting thesensing voltage Va. The first transistor 121 may be a photo-sensing thinfilm transistor (TFT) or a photo-sensing field effect transistor (FET).The first capacitor 122 is electrically connected between the first andsecond ends of the first transistor 121. The second transistor 124comprises a first end electrically connected to the second end of thefirst transistor 121, a gate end electrically connected to the gate lineGLn for receiving the gate signal SGn, and a second end for outputtingthe readout signal Sro_m to the readout line RLm. The second transistor124 maybe a thin film transistor or a field effect transistor. The thirdtransistor 131 comprises a first end electrically connected to thepreliminary bias line WLn+1 for receiving the preliminary bias signalVWn+1, a gate end electrically connected to the gate line GLn+1 forreceiving the gate signal SGn+1, and a second end electrically connectedto the gate end of the first transistor 121. The third transistor 131may be a photo-sensing thin film transistor or a photo-sensing fieldeffect transistor. The second capacitor 132 comprises a first endelectrically connected to the second end of the third transistor 131,and a second end for receiving a common voltage Vcom.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing related signal waveforms regardingthe operation of the liquid crystal display 100 illustrated in FIG. 1,having time along the abscissa. The signal waveforms in FIG. 2, from topto bottom, are the gate signal SGn, the gate signal SGn+1, the biassignal VBn+1, the preliminary bias signal VWn+1, the driving voltage Vgcorresponding to low incident light intensity, and the driving voltageVg corresponding to high incident light intensity. Referring to FIG. 2in conjunction with FIG. 1, during an interval T1, the third transistor131 is turned on by the gate signal SGn+1 having high level voltage, andthe driving voltage Vg is then pulled up to a voltage VH according tothe preliminary bias signal VWn+1 at the voltage VH, thereby turning onthe first transistor 121. At this time, the sensing voltage Va is pulledup to a start voltage by the bias signal VBn+1 having high level voltagevia the first transistor 121. During an interval T2, the gate signalSGn+1 having high level voltage continues turning on the thirdtransistor 131, such that the driving voltage Vg can be pulled down avoltage VL1 by the preliminary bias signal VWn+1 at the voltage VL1 viathe third transistor 131, thereby turning off the first transistor 121.During an interval T3, the gate signal SGn+1 having low level voltage isemployed to turn off the third transistor 131, and the driving voltageVg is retained at the voltage VL1. During an interval T4, thepreliminary bias signal VWn+1 is switched from the voltage VL1 up to avoltage VL2. During an interval T5, the gate signal SGn having highlevel voltage is employed to turn on the second transistor 124 foroutputting the readout signal Sro_m.

Regarding the operation of the photo-sensing input device DXn_mcorresponding to low incident light intensity, because the photocurrentof the third transistor 131 is nearly zero, the driving voltage Vg issubstantially retained at the voltage VL1 during the interval T4. Thatis, as the sensing voltage Va decreases from the start voltage throughperforming a discharging operation of the first capacitor 122, the gatevoltage of the first transistor 121 is substantially retained at thevoltage VL1, such that the photocurrent of the first transistor 121 canbe less than a predetermined threshold. Regarding the operation of thephoto-sensing input device DXn_m corresponding to high incident lightintensity, the preliminary bias signal VWn+1 at the voltage VL2 can beemployed to significantly charge the second capacitor 132 based on thephotocurrent of the third transistor 131, for pulling the drivingvoltage Vg from the voltage VL1 up to the voltage VL2. That is, as thesensing voltage Va decreases from the start voltage through performing adischarging operation of the first capacitor 122, the gate voltage ofthe first transistor 121 is substantially retained at the voltage VL2greater than the voltage VL1, such that the photocurrent of the firsttransistor 121 can be greater than the predetermined threshold.

To sum up, in the photo-sensing operation of the photo-sensing inputdevice 110, the driving voltage Vg (VL1) corresponding to low incidentlight intensity is less than the driving voltage Vg (VL2) correspondingto high incident light intensity, i.e. the voltage applied to the gateof the first transistor 121 is adjusted in response to incident lightintensity. In view of that, even through the photocurrent/bias-voltagecharacteristic curve of the first transistor 121 is shifted due tolong-term bias/irradiation operation, by means of applying the voltageVL1 significantly lower than the voltage VL2, the photocurrent of thefirst transistor 121 corresponding to low incident light intensity canbe still less than a predetermined threshold, and therefore theoperation of the photo-sensing input device 110 is able to achieve highinput reliability for avoiding an occurrence of input state misjudgment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a liquid crystal display 200having photo-sensing input mechanism in accordance with a secondembodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the liquid crystal display 200 comprisesa plurality of gate lines 201, a plurality of data lines 202, aplurality of readout lines 203, a plurality of pixel units 290, and aplurality of photo-sensing input devices 210. Each gate line 201 isemployed to transmit one corresponding gate signal. Each data line 202is employed to transmit one corresponding data signal. Each pixel unit290 is employed to output one corresponding image signal through writingone corresponding data signal under the control of one correspondinggate signal. Each readout line 203, electrically connected to pluralphoto-sensing input devices 210, is employed to transmit onecorresponding readout signal. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, eachpixel unit 290 is adjacent to one photo-sensing input device 210. Inanother embodiment, the photo-sensing input devices 210 may be separatedby a plurality of gate lines 201 or a plurality of data lines 202, suchthat not every pixel unit 290 is adjacent to a photo-sensing inputdevice 210. Correspondingly, the readout lines 203 may be separated by aplurality of data lines 202.

Each photo-sensing input device 210 includes a photo-sensing input unit220 and a driving adjustment unit 230. The photo-sensing input unit 220is utilized for generating a sensing voltage according to a drivingvoltage and an incident light signal, and further for outputting areadout signal according to the sensing voltage and one gate signal. Thedriving adjustment unit 230 is utilized for providing the drivingvoltage according to another gate signal and the incident light signal.The photo-sensing input unit 220 comprises a first transistor 221, afirst capacitor 222, and a second transistor 224. The driving adjustmentunit 230 comprises a third transistor 231, a fourth transistor 232, anda second capacitor 233. In the following, photo-sensing input deviceDYn_m is employed to illustrate interconnections and circuit functionsregarding the components in the photo-sensing input devices 210.

The first transistor 221 comprises a first end for receiving a firstcommon voltage Vcom1, a gate end for receiving the driving voltage Vg,and a second end for outputting the sensing voltage Va. The firsttransistor 221 maybe a photo-sensing thin film transistor or aphoto-sensing field effect transistor. The first capacitor 222 iselectrically connected between the first and second ends of the firsttransistor 221. The second transistor 224 comprises a first endelectrically connected to the second end of the first transistor 221, agate end electrically connected to the gate line GLn for receiving thegate signal SGn, and a second end for outputting the readout signalSro_m to the readout line RLm. The second transistor 224 may be a thinfilm transistor or a field effect transistor. The third transistor 231comprises a first end for receiving a second common voltage Vcom2, agate end electrically connected to the gate line GLn+1 for receiving thegate signal SGn+1, and a second end electrically connected to the gateend of the first transistor 221. The third transistor 231 may be a thinfilm transistor or a field effect transistor. The fourth transistor 232comprises a first end for receiving a third common voltage Vcom3, a gateend electrically connected to the gate line GLn+1 for receiving the gatesignal SGn+1, and a second end electrically connected to the second endof the first transistor 221. The fourth transistor 232 may be a thinfilm transistor or a field effect transistor. The second capacitor 233is electrically connected between the second end of the third transistor231 and the second end of the fourth transistor 232. In one embodiment,the second common voltage Vcom2 is less than the first common voltageVcom1, and the third common voltage Vcom3 is greater than the firstcommon voltage Vcom1.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing related signal waveforms regardingthe operation of the liquid crystal display 200 illustrated in FIG. 3,having time along the abscissa. The signal waveforms in FIG. 4, from topto bottom, are the gate signal SGn, the gate signal SGn+1, the sensingvoltage Va corresponding to low incident light intensity, the drivingvoltage Vg corresponding to low incident light intensity, the sensingvoltage Va corresponding to high incident light intensity, and thedriving voltage Vg corresponding to high incident light intensity.Referring to FIG. 4 in conjunction with FIG. 3, during an interval Ta1,the third transistor 231 and the fourth transistor 232 are both turnedon by the gate signal SGn+1 having high level voltage. At this time, thedriving voltage Vg is set to the second common voltage Vcom2, and thesensing voltage Va is set to the third common voltage Vcom3, i.e. thestart voltage of the sensing voltage Va is the third common voltageVcom3. During an interval Ta2, the third transistor 231 and the fourthtransistor 232 are both turned off by the gate signal SGn+1 having lowlevel voltage. At this time, the first transistor 221 is utilized forsensing an incident light signal to generate corresponding photocurrent,thereby adjusting the sensing voltage Va. During an interval Ta3, thegate signal SGn having high level voltage is employed to turn on thesecond transistor 224 for outputting the readout signal Sro_m.

Regarding the operation of the photo-sensing input device DYn_mcorresponding to low incident light intensity, because the photocurrentof the first transistor 221 is nearly zero, the sensing voltage Va issubstantially fixed during the interval Ta2, and the driving voltage Vgis then substantially retained at a voltage VGx during the interval Ta2.Regarding the operation of the photo-sensing input device DYn_mcorresponding to high incident light intensity, the photocurrent of thefirst transistor 221 can be employed to significantly discharge thefirst capacitor 222 for pulling down the sensing voltage Va. Further,the second capacitor 233 is employed to pull the driving voltage Vgdownward from the voltage VGx through coupling a decrease of the sensingvoltage Va. To sum up, in the photo-sensing operation of thephoto-sensing input device 210, as the photocurrent/bias-voltagecharacteristic curve of the first transistor 221 is shifted due tolong-term bias/irradiation operation, although the photocurrent of thefirst transistor 221 corresponding to the same incident light intensitywill increase accordingly, the driving voltage Vg can be pulled down dueto an increase of the photocurrent, thereby compensating the effect ofcharacteristic curve shift. For that reason, the operation of thephoto-sensing input device 210 is able to achieve high input reliabilityfor avoiding an occurrence of input state misjudgment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a liquid crystal display 300having photo-sensing input mechanism in accordance with a thirdembodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the liquid crystal display 300 comprisesa plurality of gate lines 301, a plurality of data lines 302, aplurality of readout lines 303, a plurality of bias lines 304, aplurality of pixel units 390, and a plurality of photo-sensing inputdevices 310. Each gate line 301 is employed to transmit onecorresponding gate signal. Each data line 302 is employed to transmitone corresponding data signal. Each pixel unit 390 is employed to outputone corresponding image signal through writing one corresponding datasignal under the control of one corresponding gate signal. Each biasline 304 is employed to transmit one corresponding bias signal. Eachreadout line 303, electrically connected to plural photo-sensing inputdevices 310, is employed to transmit one corresponding readout signal.In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, each pixel unit 390 is adjacent toone photo-sensing input device 310. In another embodiment, thephoto-sensing input devices 310 may be separated by a plurality of gatelines 301 or a plurality of data lines 302, such that not every pixelunit 390 is adjacent to a photo-sensing input device 310.Correspondingly, the bias lines 304 may be separated by a plurality ofgate lines 301, or the readout lines 303 may be separated by a pluralityof data lines 302.

Each photo-sensing input device 310 includes a photo-sensing input unit320 and a driving adjustment unit 330. The photo-sensing input unit 320is utilized for generating a sensing voltage according to a drivingvoltage and an incident light signal, and further for outputting areadout signal according to the sensing voltage and one gate signal. Thedriving adjustment unit 330 is utilized for providing the drivingvoltage according to another two gate signals and the incident lightsignal. The photo-sensing input unit 320 comprises a first transistor321, a first capacitor 322, and a second transistor 324. The drivingadjustment unit 330 comprises a third transistor 331, a second capacitor332, and a fourth transistor 333. In the following, photo-sensing inputdevice DZn_m is employed to illustrate interconnections and circuitfunctions regarding the components in the photo-sensing input devices310.

The first transistor 321 comprises a first end electrically connected tothe bias line BLn+1 for receiving the bias signal VBn+1, a gate end forreceiving the driving voltage Vg, and a second end for outputting thesensing voltage Va. The first transistor 321 may be a photo-sensing thinfilm transistor or a photo-sensing field effect transistor. The firstcapacitor 322 is electrically connected between the first and secondends of the first transistor 321. The second transistor 324 comprises afirst end electrically connected to the second end of the firsttransistor 321, a gate end electrically connected to the gate line GLnfor receiving the gate signal SGn, and a second end for outputting thereadout signal Sro_m to the readout line RLm. The second transistor 324may be a thin film transistor or a field effect transistor. The thirdtransistor 331 comprises a first end electrically connected to the biasline BLn+1 for receiving the bias signal VBn+1, a gate end electricallyconnected to the gate line GLn+1 for receiving the gate signal SGn+1,and a second end electrically connected to the gate end of the firsttransistor 321. The third transistor 331 may be a photo-sensing thinfilm transistor or a photo-sensing field effect transistor. The secondcapacitor 332 comprises a first end electrically connected to the secondend of the third transistor 331, and a second end for receiving a commonvoltage Vcom. The fourth transistor 333 comprises a first endelectrically connected to the gate line GLn+1 for receiving the gatesignal SGn+1, a gate end electrically connected to the gate line GLn+2for receiving the gate signal SGn+2, and a second end electricallyconnected to the gate end of the first transistor 321. The fourthtransistor 333 may be a thin film transistor or a field effecttransistor.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing related signal waveforms regardingthe operation of the liquid crystal display 300 illustrated in FIG. 5,having time along the abscissa. The signal waveforms in FIG. 6, from topto bottom, are the gate signal SGn, the gate signal SGn+1, the gatesignal SGn+2, the bias signal VBn+1, the driving voltage Vgcorresponding to low incident light intensity, and the driving voltageVg corresponding to high incident light intensity. Referring to FIG. 6in conjunction with FIG. 5, during an interval Tb1, the third transistor331 is turned on by the gate signal SGn+1 having high level voltage, andthe driving voltage Vg is then pulled up to a voltage VBH according tothe bias signal VBn+1 at the voltage VBH, thereby turning on the firsttransistor 321. At this time, the sensing voltage Va is pulled up to astart voltage by the bias signal VBn+1 at the voltage VBH via the firsttransistor 321. During an interval Tb2 , the third transistor 331 isturned off by the gate signal SGn+1 at the low level voltage VGL.Concurrently, the fourth transistor 333 is turned on by the gate signalSGn+2 having high level voltage, such that the driving voltage Vg can bepulled down to the voltage VGL by the gate signal SGn+1 at the low levelvoltage VGL, thereby turning off the first transistor 321. During aninterval Tb3, the fourth transistor 333 is turned off by the gate signalSGn+2 at the low level voltage VGL. At this time, the bias signal VBn+1is at a voltage VBL greater than the voltage VGL. During an intervalTb4, the gate signal SGn having high level voltage is employed to turnon the second transistor 324 for outputting the readout signal Sro_m.

Regarding the operation of the photo-sensing input device DZn_mcorresponding to low incident light intensity, because the photocurrentof the third transistor 331 is nearly zero, the driving voltage Vg issubstantially retained at the voltage VGL during the interval Tb3. Thatis, as the sensing voltage Va decreases from the start voltage throughperforming a discharging operation of the first capacitor 322, the gatevoltage of the first transistor 321 is substantially retained at thevoltage VGL, such that the photocurrent of the first transistor 321 canbe less than a predetermined threshold. Regarding the operation of thephoto-sensing input device DZn_m corresponding to high incident lightintensity, the bias signal VBn+1 at the voltage VBL can be employed tosignificantly charge the second capacitor 332 based on the photocurrentof the third transistor 331, for pulling the driving voltage Vg from thevoltage VGL up to the voltage VBL. That is, as the sensing voltage Vadecreases from the start voltage through performing a dischargingoperation of the first capacitor 322, the gate voltage of the firsttransistor 321 is substantially retained at the voltage VBL greater thanthe voltage VGL, such that the photocurrent of the first transistor 321can be greater than the predetermined threshold.

To sum up, in the photo-sensing operation of the photo-sensing inputdevice 310, the driving voltage Vg (VGL) corresponding to low incidentlight intensity is less than the driving voltage Vg (VBL) correspondingto high incident light intensity, i.e. the voltage applied to the gateof the first transistor 321 is adjusted in response to incident lightintensity. In view of that, even through the photocurrent/bias-voltagecharacteristic curve of the first transistor 321 is shifted due tolong-term bias/irradiation operation, by means of applying the voltageVGL significantly lower than the voltage VBL, the photocurrent of thefirst transistor 321 corresponding to low incident light intensity canbe still less than a predetermined threshold, and therefore theoperation of the photo-sensing input device 310 is able to achieve highinput reliability for avoiding an occurrence of input state misjudgment.

In conclusion, regarding the operation of the photo-sensing input devicein the liquid crystal display according to the present invention, thedriving voltage thereof can be adjusted in response to incident lightintensity, which is employed to provide photocurrent compensation forsolving the problem of photocurrent shift caused by a shift of thephotocurrent/bias-voltage characteristic curve of the photo-sensingtransistor under long-term bias/irradiation operation. That is, theliquid crystal display of the present invention has a high reliableinput mechanism for avoiding an occurrence of input state misjudgment,and backend circuit is then able to function properly according tocorrect input state provided by the photo-sensing input device.

The present invention is by no means limited to the embodiments asdescribed above by referring to the accompanying drawings, which may bemodified and altered in a variety of different ways without departingfrom the scope of the present invention. Thus, it should be understoodby those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations,sub-combinations and alternations might occur depending on designrequirements and other factors insofar as they are within the scope ofthe appended claims or the equivalents thereof.

What is claimed is:
 1. A liquid crystal display, comprising: a firstgate line for transmitting a first gate signal; a second gate line fortransmitting a second gate signal; a data line for transmitting a datasignal; a pixel unit, electrically connected to the first gate line andthe data line, for outputting an image signal according to the firstgate signal and the data signal; a photo-sensing input unit,electrically connected to the first gate line, for generating a sensingvoltage according to a driving voltage and an incident light signal, andfor outputting a readout signal according to the sensing voltage and thefirst gate signal; a driving adjustment unit, electrically connected tothe second gate line and the photo-sensing input unit, for providing thedriving voltage according to the second gate signal and the incidentlight signal; and a readout line, electrically connected to thephoto-sensing input unit, for transmitting the readout signal; whereinthe photo-sensing input unit comprises: a first transistor having afirst end for receiving a first common voltage, a gate end for receivingthe driving voltage, and a second end; a first capacitor, electricallyconnected between the first and second ends of the first transistor; anda second transistor having a first end electrically connected to thesecond end of the first transistor, a gate end electrically connected tothe first gate line, and a second end electrically connected to thereadout line; wherein the driving adjustment unit comprises: a thirdtransistor having a first end for receiving a second common voltage, agate end electrically connected to the second gate line, and a secondend electrically connected to the gate end of the first transistor; afourth transistor having a first end for receiving a third commonvoltage, a gate end electrically connected to the second gate line, anda second end electrically connected to the second end of the firsttransistor; and a second capacitor electrically connected between thesecond end of the third transistor and the second end of the fourthtransistor.
 2. The liquid crystal display of claim 1, wherein the firsttransistor is a photo-sensing thin film transistor or a photo-sensingfield effect transistor, the second transistor is a thin film transistoror a field effect transistor, the third transistor is a thin filmtransistor or a field effect transistor, and the fourth transistor is athin film transistor or a field effect transistor.
 3. A photo-sensinginput device, comprising: a photo-sensing input unit, for generating asensing voltage according to a driving voltage and an incident lightsignal, and for outputting a readout signal according to the sensingvoltage and a first gate signal; and a driving adjustment unit,electrically connected to the photo-sensing input unit, for providingthe driving voltage according to a second gate signal and the incidentlight signal; wherein the photo-sensing input unit comprises: a firsttransistor having a first end for receiving a first common voltage, agate end for receiving the driving voltage, and a second end; a firstcapacitor, electrically connected between the first and second ends ofthe first transistor; and a second transistor having a first endelectrically connected to the second end of the first transistor, a gateend for receiving the first gate signal, and a second end for outputtingthe readout signal; wherein the driving adjustment unit comprises: athird transistor having a first end for receiving a second commonvoltage, a gate end for receiving the second gate signal, and a secondend electrically connected to the gate end of the first transistor; afourth transistor having a first end for receiving a third commonvoltage, a gate end for receiving the second gate signal, and a secondend electrically connected to the second end of the first transistor;and a second capacitor electrically connected between the second end ofthe third transistor and the second end of the fourth transistor.
 4. Thephoto-sensing input device of claim 3, wherein the first transistor is aphoto-sensing thin film transistor or a photo-sensing field effecttransistor, the second transistor is a thin film transistor or a fieldeffect transistor, the third transistor is a thin film transistor or afield effect transistor, and the fourth transistor is a thin filmtransistor or a field effect transistor.